March 7, 2014 — A 67-year-old male patient received his final Esteya electronic brachytherapy session to treat a ...
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.
March 7, 2014 — Accelerator physicists are natural-born problem solvers, finding ever more powerful ways to generate and ...
The Cancer Center at Banner Health McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo., boasts an array of state-of-the-art ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Screening mammography is the key to reducing mortality from breast cancer, but women without insurance or the ability to ...
This industry has watched a trend in medical technology grow from a small ripple a couple of years ago into a potential ...
March 6, 2014 — Elekta demonstrated new features in its Mosaiq oncology information system (OIS) at HIMSS14. Elekta ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
March 6, 2014 — The BioZorb 3-D surgical marker improved targeting for radiation therapy by enhancing visualization of ...
March 6, 2014 — Patients who received daily humidification of the mouth and throat region beginning from day one of ...
March 5, 2014 — Research by Beaumont Health System radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons found that symptoms of ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
February 28, 2014 — A 6-year-old with a highly malignant medulloblastoma brain tumor is the first pediatric patient ...
February 28, 2014 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a provider of proton therapy solutions and radiation therapy ...
February 28, 2014 — Severe skin reactions during radiation therapy could be prevented by applying a thin transparent ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
February 28, 2014 — Severe skin reactions during radiation therapy could be prevented by applying a thin transparent ...
February 20, 2014 — Until recently, cancer patients looking for a precise form of proton radiation therapy – "pencil ...
February 13, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) ...
February 10, 2014 — The ViewRay system, a MRI-guided radiation therapy system, is being used to treat patients at ...
February 10, 2014 — Adults with low-grade gliomas who received a chemotherapy regimen following completion of radiation ...
February 6, 2014 — Initial results from a research study reveal that proton radiation therapy can successfully treat ...
February 6, 2014 — Ultrasound-guided biopsies miss prostate cancers that are detected by the slightly more expensive and ...
February 4, 2014 — Researchers found older women with invasive breast cancer treated with brachytherapy were at higher ...
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